The --audit-log-maxage argument is not set appropriately

Description

Retain the logs for at least 30 days or as appropriate. Retaining logs for at least 30 days ensures that you can go back in time and investigate or correlate any events. Set your audit log retention period to 30 days or as per your business requirements.

Code Example

{
 "apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: null
  labels:
    component: kube-apiserver
    tier: control-plane
  name: kube-apiserver
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  containers:
  - command:
+    - kube-apiserver
+    - --audit-log-maxage=40
    image: gcr.io/google_containers/kube-apiserver-amd64:v1.6.0
    ...",
}

Remediation

Kubernetes

• Kind: Pod

Rule Details

Field	Value
ID	IAC-1147
Severity	LOW
IaC Type	Kubernetes
Frameworks	Kubernetes,
Checkov ID	CKV_K8S_92

References

• Checkov Rule

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